Burlington
Commissioner since 2019
Lee grew up in Burlington, graduated from Burlington High school in 1988 and was employed by a local construction company until joining the City of Burlington Public Works (BPW) Street Maintenance Division in 2007. He became Streets Maintenance Manager in 2014 and Assistant Director of Maintenance overseeing the Street Maintenance, Equipment Maintenance, and Recycling Divisions in 2019. Lee feels his experience in the construction industry and managing the City of Burlington’s recycling division helps him bring insight and perspective unique to these fields and wants to pass on the knowledge gained from observing the successes, shortfalls, and trends of Burlington’s recycling program. He is an avid hunter and fisherman and enjoys being in the outdoors in all seasons along with camping with family and attending his son’s basketball games.
Charlotte
Commissioner since 2020
Trained in Law at Boston University, Ken has been consistently pulled toward the caring professions. His past work includes local general practice law; teaching, coaching, and house-parenting at an organic farm school in the Adirondack High Peaks region; and 12 years caring and educating cardiac patients as an RN/cardiac sonographer for both inpatient and outpatient cardiology. These days, his attention is directed toward the planet. He created Planet People, a community to support and encourage litter pick-up, and invented and produced Planet Pack, a backpack and tongs designed to make litter picking simple, safe, and fun. He is thrilled to spend his days cleaning parks, streets, and beaches, nurturing a manufacturing business, and leaning into a zero-waste lifestyle. He is all about the CSWD mission.
City of Essex Junction
Commissioner since 2023
As a retired Senior Software/Electrical Engineer, Michael is highly interested in efficiency and getting the most out of any system and he joined the CSWD Board to give back to the city he helped create. He hopes his background and interest can make a positive difference in how our world implements reuse and deals with the waste we throw away.
Town of Essex
Officer: Vice Chair
Commissioner since 2005
Alan was born in Burlington and earned a BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Vermont. He began his career as an engineer for the VT Agency of Environmental Conservation then served as the Facility and Construction Manager for the Vermont Army National Guard for 28 years, attaining the rank of Colonel before retiring in 2013. In his subsequent career as Director of Facilities for Citizenship and Immigration Services he managed an office of 25 Engineers and Architects responsible for Citizenship Offices across the United States. Alan was a member of the Essex Selectboard for 18 years, serving his final year as Chair. An avid sailor, he is a member of the Burlington Flotilla of the U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. As a Technical Delegate of the International Biathlon Union, he has managed biathlons in Jericho, Vermont and Lake Placid, New York, and was Chief of the Range at the 1980 and 2002 Olympics and several world cups. Alan is married to Nancy, who was a 2nd grade teacher at the Essex Elementary School. They have two children and a grandson.
Hinesburg
Rick McCraw
Commissioner since 2022
Rick “retired” from his first career as a software developer to become a middle-school teacher in the late 90’s and then a public-school administrator and a district level curriculum director. After officially retiring he has applied his time to supporting family during the pandemic onset and increasingly to environmental causes, including aerial photography for land trusts.
Rick brings to the CSWD Board his experience administering federal grants for two different school districts, which furthered his understanding of budgeting and the need to comply with various legal requirements. He believes that the disposition of solid waste, including recycling and reuse, is a critical issue for our communities–especially since we face the exhaustion of Vermont’s only landfill–and that preserving the environment is a pivotal issue for our time. His interests and activities include working to restore the woodland around his house, hiking, and landscape photography.
Jericho
Officer: Treasurer
Commissioner since 2009
Leslie Nulty serves as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Mansfield Community Fiber Inc., Jericho, Vermont. A privately held firm founded in 2016, MCF is building network in underserved rural areas of northwestern Vermont. Prior to creating MCF, in 2007 Leslie helped organize and develop East Central Vermont Telecommunications District (ECFIber) – a group of 26 towns in rural Eastern Vermont. From 2007 to 2014 Leslie served as Project Coordinator for ValleyNet, the operating company for ECFiber. Leslie holds an M.Sc in Economics from the University of Cambridge and has worked as a senior manager, economist and financial analyst in a wide range of industries for more than 40 years.
Tom Joslin
Commissioner since 2021
A Vermont registered professional civil/environmental engineer, Tom worked in the VT Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) for nearly 30 years, first as a regulator of residuals (biosolids) management and then in the planning and design of municipal wastewater construction projects. After retiring from the DEC in 2014, Tom founded Prospect Environmental Services PLLC in Jericho, where he operates an environmental applied research lab. Recent research includes the use of biochar in septic system leach fields. Tom’s interest as a CSWD Commissioner include learning about and optimizing regional biosolids management activities and ensuring safe and healthy working conditions for all CSWD employees.
Tom has served on the Vermont State Employees Credit Union (VSECU) Board of Directors, on multiple committees, and he is a life member of the Vermont State Employees Association (VSEA). He is a member of the Green Mountain Water Environment Association and other water quality organizations. He is also an elected justice of the peace.
Milton
Commissioner since 2022
Originally from Illinois, Henry and his wife Mickey moved to Vermont in 1981 for Henry’s new employment with IBM. Mickey finished her Master’s degree and worked at Essex Junction HS. Henry is still a microprocessor designer with IBM and still lives in the house he and his father built in 1984. Henry loves Milton and continues to serve on several boards and participate in other volunteer opportunities.
Sustainability is Henry’s focus, hence his involvement as the Milton Town Energy Chairman and with the Winooski Conservation District. A lifelong learner, he brings expertise acquired through degrees in Sustainability, Business, Engineering, and Theology to the CSWD Board of Commissioners. Henry is often seen in the area walking his dogs and carrying a trash bag, which he of course sorts into trash, recyclables, and returnables to fund his lottery habit.
Shelburne
Commissioner since 2023
Since graduating from NYU Law School in 1976, Margy has practiced law in New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC, in addition to a stint in Moscow, USSR, where her husband, a journalist, was posted in the 1980s. Most recently she worked for 24 years at the Federal Communications Commission, from which she retired in 2021. There she led the team that developed and applied policies, procedures, and software for conducting innovative auctions to assign spectrum licenses for the provision of wireless communications services and to distribute universal service support in high-cost areas of the country. Prior to the FCC, she practiced in the private sector, representing commercial and not-for-profit clients on economic regulatory issues. With CSWD she seeks to use her experience to support CSWD’s mission, improving local environmental health and reducing our contribution to climate change. Margy and her husband, Steve Goldstein, moved to Shelburne in 2021, where they are within easy driving distance of two of their four grown children and two of their five grandchildren. After their many years of hiking and cross-country skiing together in the Adirondacks, they are delighted to do the same and more in Vermont.
Commissioner since 2023
Matt has served as Shelburne’s town manager since June of 2023. He has a decade of previous local government experience in Virginia, including as town manager of Scottsville and town administrator of Boones Mill. Matt is an ICMA credentialed manager and holds a BA from the College of William & Mary and an MPA from American University. His academic work has emphasized regional problem solving, and CSWD is a good example. Outside of work he enjoys running, cycling, and paddling. Magyarul beszél.
South Burlington
Commissioner since 2022
Allison joined the CSWD Board out of a desire to learn more about how our County’s solid waste system works and a desire to educate more people about waste reduction. She enjoys exercising and singing and is constantly seeking ways to reduce the amount of trash that ends up in her garbage bin. A Software Test Engineer at Dealer.com, Allison’s passion for waste reduction extends to her participation over the past four years on a volunteer-based council focused on reducing the company’s waste and water and energy consumption. Her efforts on the council have helped to provide education to employees and implement changes that have reduced the amount of waste they are sending to the landfill.
Underhill
Officer: Chair
Commissioner since 2016
Paul is retired from a career in magazine publishing, where he specialized in audience development, direct marketing, and business management. He started his career at Solar Age Magazine and later worked for more than 20 years on publications in the home construction and remodeling industries, including Vermont’s own Journal of Light Construction. Paul believes that volunteering is key to sustaining a healthy community and has served on numerous civic, school, and church boards. In addition to community service, Paul and his wife help care for their young grandchildren who live nearby. He also enjoys gardening, wine making, and walking the back roads and trails of Chittenden County.
Westford
Commissioner since 2020
After serving as CSWD’s Enforcement Coordinator for almost a decade, Katie now appreciates the mission of CSWD from an outside perspective as President and CEO of Applied Solutions Consulting, LLC, offering workplace safety training, consulting, and compliance services. The District operates under the radar for most folks and she finds understanding how much hard work goes into supporting CSWD’s mission helpful in her role as Commissioner. Katie believes the District is uniquely positioned to educate residents, businesses, and schools and she is pleased to be able to continue to support these efforts. Katie also loves being active in the community as a proud Leader for Westford’s Girl Scout Troop 51841 and a volunteer for Westford School and the Recreation Department.
Winooski
Commissioner since 2017
Bryn graduated from Vermont Law School with a Master of Environmental Law and Policy and holds a B.A. from Mount Holyoke College. She worked for the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources in both the Solid Waste Management Program and Watershed Management Division. Prior to moving to Vermont, she worked for the Washington State Department of Ecology and served as an AmeriCorps member for the Washington Conservation Corps. Currently Bryn works for Efficiency Vermont as a Trade Ally Network and Customer Engagement Manager. Bryn was elected to the Winooski City Council in 2021 and has been on the Green Up Vermont Board of Directors since 2017.